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How Healthy is Your Air?
Did you know more than 40 percent of people throughout the country live where pollution often makes the air too dangerous to breathe? Or that more than 44 million Americans live in an area burdened year-round by unhealthy levels of...
How Healthy is Your County? 2013 Rankings Released March 20
Are you ready? The 2013 County Health Rankings will be released on March 20, 2013. Now for the fourth year in a row, counties can see a snapshot of how healthy their residents are by comparing their overall health and the factors that influence their health with other counties in their state. This allows communities to see county-by-county where they are doing well...
How Lasting Change Happens: From Food Pantries to Policies
Creating enduring change has proven a challenge for countless communities nationwide. Children’s First Executive Director Allison Jordan from 2014 RWJF Culture of Health Prize community, Buncombe County, NC, joined County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program staff to share how an emphasis on advocacy brought desired change to her community.
Buncombe County...
How to Craft a Quick and Persuasive Message: The 27-9-3 Rule
Do you want to know how to effectively engage listeners in less than 10 seconds? Do you want to strengthen your persuasive messaging to both connect and inspire your audience to get involved and take action? The 27-9-3 Rule (from M+R Strategic Services) describes a process for creating powerful, succinct messages—no more than 27 words, delivered in nine seconds, containing just three (or...
How Washington County Residents Stay Healthy
Washington County is one of the healthiest places to live in the state of Wisconsin and County Health Director Linda Walter wants to keep it that way.
In 2008, the county ranked as one of the top 10 healthiest counties in a check-up done by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute (UWPHI). In a similar report released on February 17, 2010, the county was cited again as one of the healthiest of 72 counties in the state.
Identifying Community Solutions in Clare and Sonoma Counties
How counties determine priority areas and develop strategies to improve health was the topic of a panel discussion at the 2013 NACO Roadmaps to Health Forum. Peter Rumble, Deputy County Administrator of Sonoma County, California, and Mary Kushion, Former Health Officer for the Central Michigan District Health Department in Clare County, Michigan, offered insights on how stakeholders were...
Identifying Equitable Solutions with What Works for Health
In this 30-minute webinar, we will introduce you to What Works for Health's features, demonstrate how to identify strategies that align with your community priorities and address health disparities. We'll also share how health departments are using WWFH to support their strategic planning.
Identifying health patterns through maps
Where we live matters to our health, and we can use maps to identify geographic patterns in how long and how well we live.
Identifying the forces behind persistent poverty
This webinar is the first in a two-part series that will explore structural barriers to addressing poverty.
Improving Health Equity through Rural Economic Development
After decades of economic stagnation in Klamath County, Oregon—a region of about 66,000 people—the Healthy Klamath Coalition came together in 2012 to create a healthier community. Since then, the county has seen an increase in graduation rates and revitalization in parts of their urban center and has taken steps to create more jobs and stronger networks of interconnected social,...